Uniform Time Zone – U Time Zone

Map showing the areas covered by the timezone — Areas with same time currently UTC -8

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Uniform Time Zone (U) is 8 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a military time zone.

Where and When is U Observed?

Uniform Time Zone is often used in aviation and the military as another name for UTC -8. Uniform Time Zone is also commonly used at sea between longitudes 127.5° West and 112.5° West.
The letter U may be used as a suffix to denote a time being in the Uniform Time Zone, such as 08:00U or 0800U. This is spoken as "zero eight hundred Uniform ".

Some places with the same time as Uniform Time Zone

Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
Anchorage, USA
Fairbanks, USA
Glennallen, USA
Haines, USA
Juneau, USA
Kodiak, USA
Metlakatla, USA
Nome, USA
Prudhoe Bay, USA
Sitka, USA
Talkeetna, USA
Unalaska, USA
Utqiaġvik, USA
Wainwright, USA
Yakutat, USA

Other Time Zones in UTC -8

Some time zones exist that have the same offset as U, but can be found under a different name:

AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
PST - Pacific Standard Time
PST - Pitcairn Standard Time